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Ocean Education: Developing knowledge, caring, and taking action
Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver



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Ocean Education: Developing knowledge, caring, and taking action
Ocean Education: Developing knowledge, caring, and taking action
Overview Connecting with our oceans is more crucial today than at any time in our history. Renowned marine scientist Sylvia Earle describes the Ocean as the Blue Heart of the planet. Today, due to environmental devaluing and destruction resulting in climate crisis, the world’s oceans are experiencing ecosystem collapse, biodiversity loss, and mass extinctions. Following […]
Word Vancouver 2023
Word Vancouver 2023
Join Word Vancouver for their main festival day on September 16th at UBC Robson Square! This festival will feature a special session with UBC Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections and look at how its archival materials were used in the work of poets Rina Garcia Chua and Carolyn Nakagawa.
Mindful Mondays with Aisha
Mindful Mondays with Aisha
Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan Location: Zoom. Description: Join Aisha Tejani for a 20-minute, virtual mindfulness session every Monday from September 11 to December 18 – you can take part in a single session or multiple sessions! Taking place from 9:30-9:50 am join Aisha and an engaged community to […]
Data Bites – Best Practices for File Naming
Data Bites – Best Practices for File Naming
Do you struggle with organizing your research materials? This 30 mins workshop highlights practical techniques for file naming. Join us to develop a naming convention based on elements that are important to your work.
Budgeting 101 | In-person | Sep 13 (2:00 – 3:00 PM PDT)
Budgeting 101 | In-person | Sep 13 (2:00 – 3:00 PM PDT)
Register here. New to budgeting and don't know where to start? Join Enrolment Services Advisors and learn about: -financial planning tools -variable and fixed costs -other resources to support your plan Please bring your computer to this in person workshop. Should you have any accessibility needs, please reach out to us as soon as you […]
Introduction to Voyant Tools
Introduction to Voyant Tools
We will introduce Voyant, a free suite of visual tools for text analysis. Participants will get hands on experience applying common tools within Voyant to a corpus. No prior experience with text analysis is required. This workshop is part of the Digital Toolkit workshop series presented by the UBC Library Research Commons. Location Details Location: *ONLINE* If […]
UBC Video Needs Assessment Open Feedback Session
UBC Video Needs Assessment Open Feedback Session
The Enterprise Video Platform (EVP) project is hosting online feedback sessions to gather feedback about what we require in a single video system that will cater to the needs of teaching, learning, and staff support activities at our university. This is a drop-in Zoom session where any UBC faculty, student, or staff member can join […]
EDI in TAing: Building inclusive learning environments
EDI in TAing: Building inclusive learning environments
Overview As a resource that supports both students and instructors, Teaching Assistants (TAs) are well-positioned to help build learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and respectful. Join Rachael E. Sullivan, Equity Education Strategist from the Equity & Inclusion Office, to learn about power dynamics within the classroom, the policies and guidelines that frame the work […]
Map production with QGIS
Map production with QGIS
This is an introductory workshop focusing on the fundamental concepts and skills needed to begin using QGIS to explore and analyze spatial data. It is also meant to help you understand how to get started composing a map document for print production. By the end of this workshop, attendees will have a basic understanding of […]